McElligot's Pool Quiz

McElligot's Pool Quiz

By Lauren Bihl

Multiple Choice

Throughout the book, what does the main character dream of doing?

• Catching trash in the Pool
• Swim in the Pool
• Catch a Fish in the Pool
• Getting good grades

Multiple Choice

What does an adult warn the main character about?

• There are very little fish in McElligot's Pool
• The Pool is haunted
• There are too many fish in the Pool

Multiple Choice

How does the main character think fish will come to the pool?

• He will put fish bait in the pool
• He imagines an underground river that leads to the sea
• He has an extra special fishing rod
• His bait is labeled to lure in 100% of fish 

Multiple Choice

The main character dreams of catching fish from where?

• Everywhere
• North America 
• Asia
• Sauceland

Multiple Choice

What kinds of fish does the main character want to catch?

• Dogfish 
• Fishes with a checkerboard belly
• Every kind of fish
• Catfish

Multiple Choice

Does the main character catch any fish during the book?

• No, he is using his imagination to think of what kind of fish he might catch
• Yes, he catches every kind of fish that he describe he'd catch throughout the book

Multiple Choice

What are some fish that the main character describes in the book?

• Long Nosed Saw Fish
• Dogfish
• Fish that like Flowers
• All of the Above

Multiple Choice

Where does the beginning of this story take place?

• State Highway 203
• McEliigot's Pool
• The Ocean
• Sneeden's Hotel

Multiple Choice

What is the resolution of the story?

• The main character looses his rod in the pool
• The main character gives up fishing and goes home
• The main character catches every fish he described in the book
• The main character does not catch a fish, but is still hopeful to catch one

Multiple Choice

Why do you think the main character is so hopeful to catch a fish in the pool?

• He wants a fish to eat
• He needs to catch the fish for a school assignent
• He just wants to catch a pretty fish.